Child carrier



V. S. MILLS CHILD CARRIER June 3, 1952 Filed Feb. 1, 1950 INVENTOR. lzma 5 MM/s Patented June 3, 1952 UNITED STATES PIKT'ENT OFFICE CHILDCARRIER Verna S. Mills, Mill Valley, Calif.

Application February 1, 1950, Serial No. 141,753

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a carrier for a child.

Psychologists and those giving special attention to the rearing ofchildren presently agree that the habit of various races of having themother carry a child with her during the course of a day is quitebeneficial to the child. In accordance with the present invention, acarrier is provided which can be worn by a mother to enable her to carrythe child with a minimum of physical strain and effort so that the childcan be carried and yet provide complete freedom for the mothers arms andhands.

It is in general the broad object of the present invention to provide animproved carrier for a child, enabling the mother to carry a child withher and yet provide complete freedom for the mothers arms and hands, thecarrier being so constructed that the weight of the child is distributedlargely upon the back and sternum of the mother and the mothers handsand arms left free.

The invention includes other objects and features of advantage, some ofwhich, together with the foregoing, will appear hereinafter wherein thepresent preferred form of carrier is disclosed.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part hereof, Figure 1 is aperspective view illustrating the carrier in position upon a mother witha child, in a carrying position.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the carrier.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the carrier extended to show the details ofconstruction.

Referring to the drawings, and particularly to Figure 3, a vest-likeback portion is provided, this being indicated at l in the drawings, theback having two bands 8 on each side thereof to fit about the wearerswaist; shoulder straps 9 extend forwardly from the back I, converginginto a narrow portion H1 and being there joined together. From thejunction, the united straps merge into a child carrier portion indicatedgenerally at l2, which portion includes seat II and a back IS. The childcarrier portion also includes a pair of straps M on each side thereof,each strap carrying adjustable hooks II; to be engaged withcooperatively positioned loops I! provided upon each band 8 on the vestback. The structure described can be made of any suitable material suchas cloth, canvas, leather or other fabric or a combination of these.

In use, as appears in Figures 1 and 2, the device is worn much like avest with the shoulder straps extending over each shoulder of the wearerso that a uniform distribution of the load is placed across the back,upon each shoulder and upon the sternum of the wearer. The shoulderstraps 9 cross over on the front of the wearers chest, so that the loadis placed upon the wearers sternum and not upon the breasts. The strapsare so related to the child carrier portion l2 that the child rests inthe pocket-like extension (Figure 2) on the front of the wearer, whilethe childs legs extend on each side of the seat portion ll facing thewearer, as appears in Figure 1. It will be observed that both of thewearers arms are free while the child faces the wearer.

From the foregoing, I believe it will be apparent that I have provided arelatively novel, simple, inexpensive and yet rugged child carrierwhich, when worn, distributes the load provided by the child uniformlyacross the back and against the sternum of the wearer and without any ofthe shoulder or back distorting forces usual heretofore in similardevices.

I claim:

l. A carrier for a child adapted. to be worn by a bearer consistingessentially of a vest-back fitting the back of the bearer and having twostraps thereon to be extended over each shoulder of the bearer anddownwardly to a common narrow junction below the bearers breasts, thevestback having a band extending forwardly from the bottom of the vestand about each side of the bearers waist; and a child carrier portionintegrally joined to said junction and having a unitary back thereonfitting the seat and back of a child resting therein and having its legsextended on each side of said junction, and means for releasablysecuring each side of the back of the child carrier portion to one ofthe bands on the vest-back on each side of the bearers waist to positionthe back of the child carrier portion in a pocket-like position directlyin front of the bearer.

2. A carrier for a child adapted to be worn by a bearer consistingessentially of a vest-back fitting the back of the bearer and havingiw'ostraps thereon to be extended over each shoulder of the bearer anddownwardly to a common 3 narrow junction below the bearers breasts, thevest-back having a band extending forwardly about the bearers waist; anda child carrier portion joined to said junction and having a backthereon fitting the seat and back of a child resting therein and havingits legs extended on each side of said junction, and means forreleasably securing the back of the child carrier portion to each of thebands on the vest-back including two bands on each side of said carrierback secured 10 to a band on said vest-back to position the back 01' thechild carrier portion in a pocket-like position directly in front of thebearer.

VERNA S. MILLS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 484,065 Taylor Oct. 11, 18922,376,657 Chamberlain May 22, 1945 2,411,331 Nettleship Nov. 19, 1946FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 428 Great Britain Feb. 16, 1859 of1859

